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Kazakh security forces opening fire on protesters in central Almaty. Photo: Valery Sharifulin/TASS.
Armenia

Armenia sends troops to quell Kazakhstan protests 

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The Armenian Government, which came to power through anti-government street protests in 2018, has agreed to send troops to help quell anti-government protests in Kazakhstan as part of a joint ‘peacekeeping mission’. On Wednesday night, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) would send forces to Kazakhstan ‘for a limited time’ to ‘normalise and stabilise’ the situation.  Armenia has held the rotating chair of the Russian-led military b

In pictures | The uncertain life of lorry drivers along the Georgian Military Road
Azerbaijan

In pictures | The uncertain life of lorry drivers along the Georgian Military Road

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Running from Georgia’s capital towards the popular mountain destination of Stepantsminda, the Georgian Military Road is arguably one of the most beautiful routes in Georgia. One of the most common sights along the route, after the mountain views, is the lines of lorries that stretch for kilometres to and from the Russian border. From freshly cut Armenian flowers to Russian Samsung phones, tonnes of goods carried on lorries pass through the Dariali Gorge customs point every day. The lorries

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